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Worth your time on this question

Everything worth your time on the question: Are you recovering from the life you're living, or simply getting through it?

Four things on this subject: one TAIU exercise and three things to read. Practical support sits first, before anything written to be interesting. Start with clinical guidance rather than sleep advice from people selling something.

This page is for going further on your own. If you would rather work the question out with somebody asking, that is the conversation.

Energy, sleep and recovery: talk it through

READ · GUIDE

How to get to sleep

NHS

Start with clinical guidance rather than sleep advice from people selling something.

The NHS guidance on sleep routines, and the point at which tiredness is worth a GP appointment.

Why am I tired all the time?

NHS

Useful before deciding that low energy is simply age or workload.

The common causes of persistent tiredness, including the ones worth ruling out medically.

Recovery Reality Check

TAIU

Sleep, energy and recovery across a week rather than one bad night.

Records sleep, energy and recovery across a week rather than a bad night.

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READ · RESEARCH

Recovery from Job Stress: The Stressor Detachment Model

Sabine Sonnentag and Charlotte Fritz

The clearest evidence that recovery depends on psychological detachment rather than on hours away from work. It explains why an evening spent not working can still leave somebody unrecovered.

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